Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. 'Tis vain: while lay'st thou snares for me the worst,
  2. By . . . . I will teach thee first.
  3. An food-full thus do thou, my peace I'd keep:
  4. But what (ah me ! ah me !) compels me weep
  5. Are thirst and famine to my dearling fated.
  6. Cease thou so doing while as modest rated,
  7. Lest to thy will thou win—but . . . .
  1. Varus, yon wight Suffenus known to thee
  2. Fairly for wit, free talk, urbanity,
  3. The same who scribbles verse in amplest store—
  4. Methinks he fathers thousands ten or more
  5. Indited not as wont on palimpsest,
  6. But paper-royal, brand-new boards, and best
  7. Fresh bosses, crimson ribbands, sheets with lead
  8. Ruled, and with pumice-powder all well polished.